Cooker attachment for furnace-doors.



C. P. HOFFMAN.

COOKER ATTACHMENT Fon FURNACB DOORS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.12,1912.

Patented Aug. 13, 1912.

INVENTI? WITNESSES CHARLES FREMONT HOFFMAN, OF LANSING, MICHIGAN.

COOKER ATTACHMENT FOR FURNACE-DOORS.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, CHARLES F. l-Ioirriran, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Lansing, in the county of Ingham and State ofMichigan, have invent-ed a new and Improved Cooker Attachment forFurnace-Doors, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The object of my invention is to provide a device readily attachable toand detachable from a furnace door, at the inside thereof, so that whenthe door is closed, a basket or equivalent receptacle forming a part ofthe device will be supported over the bed of live coals in the furnace,for the baking of potatoes and the cooking of other food.

The invention comprises a hooked shank which preferably has steadyingmembers in the form of lateral arms, the lower end of the shank ofthehook being extended in the forni of a bracket on which a wire basketor equivalent receptacle is supported, and is adapted to hold potatoesto be baked, or to receive any cooking utensil forming a retainer forany article to be cooked.

By the use of the device food may be readily and conveniently cooked byutilizing the heat of the furnace and thereby saving the cost of otherfuel and sparing the inconvenience of a special fire for the purpose.

The invention will be described more speciically in connection with theillustrated example.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation of a cooker attachment embodyingmy invention and showing the same applied to the inner face of a furnacedoor of known form; and Fig. 2 is a detached plan view of the cookerattachment.

In constructing a cooker attachment in accordance with my invention avertical shank 10 is given a lateral and a return bend to form adownwardly-extending hook 11 adapted to hook over the upper edge of aconvenient part of a furnace door at the inside, or into a door part orattachment adapted to receive the hook; the illustrated example showsthe hook engaging the refractory facing 12 of a known form of door. Theshank is formed with laterally projecting arms 13, that extend from eachside of Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led March 12, 1912.

Patented Aug. 13, 1912.

Serial No. 683,354.

the shank intermediate its length and in the plane of the shank to lieagainst the inner face of the furnace door and steady the cookerattachment in position, preventing its rocking. extended laterally toform an approximately horizontal bracket arm 14:, which supports aholder 15 for receiving the food to be cooked. Desirably this holder isin the forni of a` wire basket, as shown, and preferably it is formed atthe bottom with a central downwardly-extending elongated eye 16 that itsover the vertical spindle forming the outer terminal of the bracket arm14. With this form the basket may be turned axially, if desired. Whenvegetables are to be cooked, or eggs, and other articles of foodrequiring a water container, any suitable cooking utensil may be setinto the basket 15. For the purpose of illustration I have shown anordinary plate 1S, set into the basket. In baking potatoes, for example,no container will be required other than the basket 15.

It will be apparent that the device may be readily attached to the doorwhen the latter is in the open position, and as readily detachedtherefrom when the cooking is done.

Having thus described my invent-ion, I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent,

1. A cooker for use on furnace doors, comprising a hanger having a hookto engage a furnace door part, and an approximately vertical shankextending downward from the hook to lie along the face of the furnacedoor, a bracket arm extending outward from the lower end of the shankand of a length to project over the fire in the fire-box, and afood-holder carried by the said bracket arm and revoluble thereon andadapted to contain the articles of food to be cooked.

2. A cooker attachment for furnace doors, comprising a horizontalbracket terminating at 011e end in a vertical spindle, the other end ofsaid bracket having an upwardly-extending shank member rising above thespindle and terminating in a return-bend forming a hook to engage afurnace door part, the said upwardly-extending member having a lateralarm projecting at each side in the plane of the shank and the mentionedspindle carrying a wire basket for receiving articles to be cooked, thesaid basket having a depending central eye fitting over the spindle toturn thereon.

3. A cooker attachment for furnace doors At the lower end the shank iscomprising a substantially upright member having a hooked upper portionand lateral steadying` arms 'extending from the said 'upright member atopposite sides below the hooked portion7 a bracket arm on the lower endof the said upright member and below the lateral arms, and thehorizontal food holder supported on said bracket arm.

4E. A cooker attachment for furnace doors comprising a substantiallyupright member having n hooked upper portion and lateral steadyingarmsextending from the said upright member at opposite sides :below thehooked portion, a bracket arm on the 'lower end of the said uprightmember and below 15 the lateral arms, and a l:food holder on saidbracket arm, said food holder being mounted to turn.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specieaton in thepresence of 20 two subscribing Witnesses.

CHARLES FREMONT HOFFMAN.

Witnesses:

JULIA M. BALDWIN, YJOSEPH H. DUNNEBAoK-E.

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